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Jayme Closs Had Christmas Presents Waiting for Her at Home: 'I Never Gave Up,' Says Aunt
Jayme Closs was missing for almost three months, but her aunt Jennifer Smith always believed the teen would make it back to her family Maria Pasquini is the staff editor for human interest’s ...
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Jayme Closs and Family Have a 'Sense of Some Peace' During Smiley Reunions After Her Escape
She has been working at PEOPLE since 2017. Jayme Closs, who was found on Thursday nearly three months after being allegedly abducted by a 21-year-old man who police say fatally shot her parents ...
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Once-Missing Wisconsin Teen Jayme Closs Is a 'Complete Badass,' Says Cousin: 'She Saved Herself'
Jayme Closs' second cousin Jodie Arnold tells PEOPLE Jayme's "perseverance and will to live" allowed her to escape Karen Mizoguchi is a former associate digital news editor at PEOPLE. She left ...
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After Jayme Closs Escaped, Suspect Was Likely Searching for Her When Police Stopped Him: Sheriff
Patterson is accused of killing Jayme’ parents — James, 56, and Denise Closs, 46 — inside a home on the outskirts of Barron, Wisconsin, before abducting the teen, holding her captive for ...
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Jayme Closs Reads Moving Statement at Kidnapper's Sentencing: 'I Took Back My Freedom'
"I will always have my freedom and he will not," Closs said in a statement At only 13 years old, Jayme Closs‘ life was forever changed when her parents were brutally murdered and she was held ...
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Suspect in Jayme Closs Kidnapping, Murder of Her Parents Identified: Teen Was 'the Only Target'
Police have identified the man they allege killed Jayme Closs’ parents before abducting the teen, holding her captive for nearly three months before she managed to escape and find help Thursday.
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Kidnapping Survivor Elizabeth Smart on Jayme Closs Abduction: 'This Family Has Gone Through Hell'
Jayme Closs and her family must now "create a new normal," says Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart was struck by the eerie similarities her horrifying 2002 abduction shares with ...
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Jayme Closs Smiles with Her Aunt and Her Dog in First Photo After Escaping Kidnapping
PEOPLE has obtained the first photo of the 13-year-old with her aunt Jennifer Smith and her dog Molly Jayme Closs has reunited with her loved ones, one day after escaping the 21-year-old man who ...
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Strange 911 Call Led to Discovery of Missing Girl's Dead Parents Hours After Family Gathering: Sheriff
Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said that dispatchers received an unusual call early Monday from inside Jayme Closs' home in Barron, Wisconsin Chris Harris has been a senior true crime ...
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A man says his stepmom locked him in a room for decades. He escaped by setting a fire
Police in Waterbury, Conn., allege the man's stepmother locked him in his room with limited food and water for over 20 years, ...
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Elizabeth Smart to produce Tanya Kach movie, special for Lifetime
Smart also hosted Elizabeth Smart: Finding Justice and Smart Justice: The Jayme Closs Case. Following the movie's premiere, Lifetime will air Beyond the Headlines: The Tanya Kach Story with ...